Proto-Inupik: *cạpǝ̣-, *cavri-
Meaning: to block
Russian meaning: закрывать, преграждать
Seward Peninsula Inupik: savi-
SPI Dialects: Imaq savɨ́ʁaɣa 'to close', savútaq 'barrier, block', sapšāɣa 'to cover with snow, to block', Di savɨk-, W saviɣa*, savąk* (vāk, vēt) 'door'
North Alaskan Inupik: sapɨ-, savri- 'to block, to prevent'
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl sapiɣa*
Western Canadian Inupik: sapi-
WCI Dialects: Cor hapiɣa*
Eastern Canadian Inupik: saput(i)- 'to protect, to defend'
Greenlandic Inupik: sapi- (sapivâ*), sašši- (savssi-*) 'to find crowd of sea mammals trapped in ice'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 69
